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Minimum requirements for accepting a NOIM

Posted by Sarah Aird | Jan 10, 2020 | Our Guidelines to Australian Marriage Law | 3 |

Annie asks:

What is the minimum required information needed to accept a NOIM, and can you accept a NOIM without yet seeing proof of identity and date and place of birth?

You sure can! The minimum requirement is that the form is filled in, signed, and appropriately witnessed.

We don’t even need to see identity documents outside the month’s notice period. As long as we see them before the marriage goes ahead, we’re good to go 🙂

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3 Comments

Yvonne A on January 11, 2020 at 11:46 am

Hi! Isn’t it also the case that you can accept only one witnessed signature on the NOIM if the other party is not able to sign? As long as that 2nd party signs before the ceremony?
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- Sarah Aird on January 11, 2020 at 11:49 am
  
  It sure is! The second party must sign before the ceremony and with the solemnising celebrant as witness 🙂
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beck e on January 14, 2020 at 9:43 am

Hi Sarah,

can I also confirm that we need to only sight:
Drivers license
Passport OR Birth certificate?

Thanks 🙂
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